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Morro Bay Deposit

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033565
MRDS ID M020162
Record type Site
Current site name Morro Bay Deposit
Alternate or previous names Follet Ranch
Related records 10116833

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.9932, 35.48052 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MI FROM A POINT ON THE VILLA CREEK ROAD, 0.6 MI FROM THE CAYUCOS-CAMBRIA ROAD, 22 MI. FROM THE RAILROAD AT SAN LUIS OBISPO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cayucos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028S 009E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 22 , UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 25 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.9932, 35.48052
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 E
    Dip 55 SE
    Thickness 3.35M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS MANGANESE OXIDE ORE IS IN A THIN-BEDDED BROWN CHERT OUTCROP. THE 11 FT. THICK ORE BED STRIKES N 35 E AND DIPS 55 SE. THE ORE IN THIS CUT IS MANGANIFEROUS WHITE CHERT, WITH FILMS OF MANGANESE OXIDE ON JOINT AND BEDDING SURFACES, AND A FEW VEINS OF OXIDE. A FAULT CUTS THE ORE BED. A 6 FT. ORE BED IS ALSO EXPOSED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 235

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 170

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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